Size divider for garments



Oct. 1 .7, 1939. G. HENDRIX I SIZE DIVIDER FOR GARMENTS Filed March 31,1938 INVENTOR x Fm a c 9. mx d mm W10 nm MM 0 a F.

ATTORNEY BYQ Patented Oct. 17, 1939 UNITED STATES SIZE DIVIDER FORGARMENTlS Granville Lloyd Hendrix, deceased, late of Santa Rosa, alif.,by Ella 0. Hendrix, executrix,

Santa Rosa, Oalif.

Application May 31, 1938, Serial No. 210,811

2 Glaims.

This invention relates generally to a device for indicating garmentsizes in clothing stores, and in particular the invention is directed towhat is known as a size divider for indicating the size groups ofgarments on hangers and suspended from racks.

At present the size dividers which are in use are manufactured fromcardboard or the like, and as a result, are not only destructible butsoil easily and soon become unsightly.

The principal objects of this invention are the provision of a sizedivider which is indestructible, neat in appearance, readily attachableor detachable from the hanger engaging tube or rod of a rack, and securewhen in place and not readily subject to accidental detachment.

A further object of the invention is to provide a size divider whereinthe size indicating tags are removable and interchangeable.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposefor which it is designed.

These objects are accomplished by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claims.

In the drawing similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device in use.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevation of the device.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on thedrawing, the improved size divider comprises a pair of spring metal barsI and 2 respectively, which are substantially rectangular in crosssection. These bars are of substantial length and the upper end portions3 are secured together in face to face relation by means of spot weldingor the like.

Immediately below such secured end portions, the bars diverge sharplyfor a short distance, as at 4, and then converge at an easy slope towardtheir lower ends as shown. The extreme lower end portions of the barsdiverge, as at 5, to facilitate engagement of the bars with a rod R of arack in the manner as will hereinafter appear. The bars, in effect, forma spring fork.

The secured portions 3 of the bars are disposed between and support apair of spaced tag holders, each of which comprises a flat metal plate 6formed on the front with facing lips or channels 1 which extend alongthe upper and lower edges thereof. These channels are closed at the endsas shown at 8. The holders are parallel to each other, and face inopposite directions; said holders being positioned on the bars so as toextend in a plane transversely of the rod to which the device is to beattached.

Size indicating tags 9, preferably flexible and 6 resilient Celluloid orthe like and of greater length than the distance between channels 1, areplaced on each tag holder in outwardly bowed relation and withcorresponding edges engaged in the channels. The tags are thus removable10 and interchangeable.

In use, a size divider is engaged over rod. R of a rack in the mannershown in Fig. 1; the rod being engaged by the diverging bar portions 4.It will thus be seen that rods of different di- 15 ameters may beengaged with equal facility. Also, as the bars I and 2 are ofsubstantial length, their weight when the divider is in place issufficient to balance the tag holders and maintain the divider uprightat all times.

The divider is disposed between size groups of garments suspended fromthe rod on hangers, and each size tag corresponds to the garment size ofthe group which such tag faces. As the divider is vertical when inplace, the size indicating tags 25 project above the garments and thuscan be read from some distance. The diverging lower end portions 5 ofthe bars make possible the ready initial engagement of a rodtherebetween.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that there hasbeen produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the de- 35 vice, still in practice such deviations fromsuch detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from thespirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is 40 claimed as new anduseful and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. In the combination of a horizontal rod for garment hangers, and asize divider removably disposed on the rod, said size divider compris-45 ing a size indicia member disposed above and spaced from the rod; apair of bars disposed in adjacent relation at their upper ends andconnected on said member, the member being disposed in balanced relationrelative to the upper 50 ends of the bars, said bars divergingdownwardly and outwardly from said member to points spaced apart greaterthan the diameter of the rod, these diverging portions of the barsengaging the rod tangentially at fulcrum points above 55 the plane ofthe horizontal axis of said rod, the bars depending substantiallyvertically from said spaced points and being of sufficient weight belowsaid fulcrum points to counterbalance the weight of said member andthose portions of the bars above said fulcrum points.

2. A device as in claim 1, in which the depending portions of the barsare relatively long to prevent accidental displacement of the bars fromthe rod.

ELLA O. HENDRIX.

